Fauquier County Burn Ban Lifted
Fauquier County Burn Ban Lifted
Warrenton, Virginia – With the substantial amount of rain over the past week, the Fauquier County burn ban has been lifted. Please ensure you know and follow all laws and ordinances before you burn. It is the individual’s responsibility to take every precaution to safely burn without being a nuisance to other citizens of Fauquier County. All controlled burning must be reported to the Fauquier County emergency communications center before it is started, (540) 347-1313.
Warrenton, Virginia – With the substantial amount of rain over the past week, the Fauquier County burn ban has been lifted. Please ensure you know and follow all laws and ordinances before you burn. It is the individual’s responsibility to take every precaution to safely burn without being a nuisance to other citizens of Fauquier County. All controlled burning must be reported to the Fauquier County emergency communications center before it is started, (540) 347-1313.
The following open burning activities may resume:
Residential or open burning (branches, yard debris, etc.);
Agricultural burning (agricultural wastes, crops, field burning, etc.);
Any land clearing, slash, stump, waste, debris, or controlled burning; and
Any commercial or industrial burning.
Open burning in Fauquier County has been updated in the Chapter 9 Ordinance. Here’s a breakdown of the biggest changes below:
Fauquier County no longer has its own 4 p.m. burn restriction. Please refer only to the statewide law section 10.1-1142(b).
Between February 15 through April 30 of each year burn only between 4 p.m. and midnight. Just remember: The fire must be out at midnight!
In reference to Controlled burning:
1. Property maintenance (fence clearing, cleaning up trees and large limbs, and land/lot clearing = permit needed from the Fire Marshall (540-422-8800 or 540-422-8823)
2. Residential burning with a pile bigger than 15 ft. x 15 ft. x 15 ft. = permit needed from the Fire Marshall (540-422-8800 or 540-422-8823)
3. Residential yard/garden debris. Open burning is allowed for the disposal of leaves and tree, yard and garden trimmings located on the premises of private property. Fires must be reported to the Fauquier County Communications Center (540-347-1313) prior to ignition. The responsible party shall stay with the fire until it is extinguished completely.
All burning must be at least 500 feet from another person’s buildings, 50 feet from any right of way, reported to communications prior to ignition, and burning shall be attended at all times.
It is illegal to burn anything in a ditch along a public or private right of way.